Donate

Menu

Donate

Follow Us

Search

PO Box 2826
Carol Stream, Illinois 60132

Toll Free: 1-800-793-9455

© 2026 Opportunity Internationala 501(c)3 nonprofit. EIN: 540907624.

News Blog

Conference LiveBlog: Steven Levy, Senior Writer for Wired Magazine

by Opportunity International

Kicking off this second Friday plenary session of the morning, Steven Levy, Senior Writer for Wired magazine, and author of In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives, talks about technology and how innovative thinking in the technological sector can truly offer solutions to the biggest global issues. Highlights from Steven Levy’s presentation A few years ago I wrote a story about computer hackers and expected a disheveled group of people. But what I found was a group of people…

Read More

Conference LiveBlog: Ambassador Tony Hall of the Alliance to End Hunger

by Opportunity International

Ambassador Tony Hall is a long-time and tireless advocate for issues of global hunger and poverty eradication, serving as executive director of the Alliance to End Hunger. This morning, Dennis Ripley, Opportunity’s senior vice president of international business development, interviewed Ambassador Hall from the main stage at Opportunity’s conference, sharing his story and how we can affect global food crises. Highlights from the Conversation with Ambassador Tony Hall Hall: I fasted thirty years…

Read More

Conference LiveBlog: Nadine Pembele, Head of Training at Opportunity DR Congo

by Opportunity International

This third and final plenary session of the day opens with remarks by Mary Lynn Staley, chair of the Opportunity International Board of Governors. She introduces Nadine Pembele, Head of Training for Opportunity International in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Highlights from Nadine Pembele’s Presentation I am very honored to have the opportunity to join you this weekend, and to speak to you all tonight. I’d like to give you a brief snapshot of my country. The DRC, once known as Zaire,…

Read More

Conference LiveBlog: John Ortberg, Author and Pastor of the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in California

by Opportunity International

This evening, John Ortberg, pastor at the Menlo Park Presbyterian Church in California, spoke from the conference mainstage about why it is important to value every individual person with help and with compassion, because every person is worthy of God’s love. Highlights from Pastor Ortberg’s Speech I’d like to take a few moments to think with you why it’s worth all the labor, all the sacrifice to relieve suffering and battle poverty, when you’re only one person. What it’s really about…

Read More

Breakout Session: Why Women? Why Now?

by Emily Riemer

In families where women have an income, they have a voice in financial decisions, resulting in better nutrition, health and education for children–including girls. In this breakout session, we learned more about why and how Opportunity International invests the majority of its dollars in serving the most vulnerable people on the planet–women. Panelists shared stories of hope and transformation from their daily work at Opportunity, or their Insight Trip and travel experiences to meet our women…

Read More

Breakout Session: Global Food Security: Call to Action

by Emily Riemer

As the hunger crisis persists in the Horn of Africa and elsewhere, the urgent need continues for agricultural development, nutrition assistance and humanitarian response–both short- and long-term. Join this discussion that explores the ethical, economic and global security justifications for a comprehensive and coordinated strategy to address worldwide hunger. Facilitator: Dennis Ripley, senior VP, international business development Panelists: Ambassador Tony Hall, Director, Alliance to End Hunger Dr.…

Read More

Breakout Session: Agricultural Finance: Cultivating Hope

by Emily Riemer

With 65% of the Sub-Saharan African labor force employed in agriculture, which provides 32% of GDP growth, according to the World Bank, the importance of the sector to the economy is clear. Agriculture is recognized as the key to revitalizing Sub-Saharan Africa’s rural regions and significantly reducing the level of poverty. In this breakout session, John Magnay, Opportunity International‘s senior agricultural advisor, explains Opportunity’s innovative and holistic approach to providing small-scale…

Read More

Watch it Live! Opportunity International Conference Video Stream Starts Friday 8:30 a.m. PST

by Opportunity International

Unable to join us in person for the Opportunity International Conference? No problem. Just tune in tomorrow-Friday, Oct. 14 at 8:30 a.m. PST–as we stream live video from the conference until Saturday, Oct. 15 at 12:00 p.m. Go to opportunity.org/live to watch it live. Here are just a few of the plenary and breakout session speakers on Friday and Saturday who will share their expertise and experiences in reducing global poverty—and inspire you to become part of something big: Steven Levy, author,…

Read More

Opportunity Implementing Member ASKI in the Philippines Wins SIPAG Award, Donates Prize to Local Typhoon Victims

by Opportunity International

Opportunity International is proud to report that one of our implementing members in the Philippines, Alalay Sa Kaunlaran Sa Gitnang Luzon, Inc. (ASKI), was recently rewarded for their outstanding achievements by the National Livelihood Development Corporation (NLDC). The honorary award received by ASKI was part of the sixth annual SIPAG (Sustainable Income for People in Agrarian Grassroots) Awards, which started in 2006 to encourage and promote the best practices and achievements of NLDC’s partner…

Read More

Congratulations to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, One of the Winners of 2011 Nobel Peace Prize

by Opportunity International

Congratulations to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize along with Liberian peace activist Leymah Gboweeh and Yemeni pro-democracy human rights campaigner Tawakkol Karman. They were the first women to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize since Professor Wangari Maathai, who passed away a couple weeks ago, won in 2004. It was awarded to them in acknowledgment of their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights to full participation…

Read More

Filters

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Subscribe to receive Opportunity International microfinance news and updates via email or RSS.

Subscribe via RSS

Subscribe to our Newsletter